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Tech process was unsually slow today. Bruce was verifying all stock and super stock entries to ensure they were in the correct class and that they had the correct hp and minimum weight. It seems like there have been some errors and/or incomplete tech cards causing some difficulty in the tower at previous races. Full schedule is on nhraracer.com. Super street is first out at 9:30 AM. Stock will get 2 qualifying runs and then first round of class. Super stock will receive 3 qualifying hits. I may not have much time to post until tomorrow evening, but if anybody has any questions or request feel free to ask.

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Good for Bruce! This has been a problem in the past. D2 was checking cars for the correct class every race a couple of years ago but then stopped for some reason. Jim

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Thanks!!
I found out how much work it is to post this "live" stuff last weekend.
It's very cool but also ALLOT of work.( and I don't do that good at it)
Thanks to everyone who takes the time to do this!!
I have a new perspective for all of this now!!

Good luck to you & yours, and everyone this weekend & HAVE FUN!!

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Thanks Cooter for the reports. You and Jimmy have fun and good luck!

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It has been a very fast paced day especially running two cars. We received a very brief light rain, which delayed things a bit. This resulted in canceling tt3 for super gas, and Q3 of SS is still in the air. They are going into the pros so I suppose if everything goes smooth we may get Q3 much later. Dad and I both managed to get a class win in stock and we are ready to go for R1 in those cars. Rain is in the forecast for Saturday and Sunday. They are talking about running more sportsmen than originally scheduled. I will relay more details when/if available.

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Way to go guys!

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Final sheets were posted last night. So, today we have a 9 am start time with the original schedule for Saturday. I am not sure if they will run more rounds tonight due to rain threatening Sunday.

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Well 2 rounds of sportsman have been completed. They were a few pairs into Q3 of Pro stock car when the rain arrived. We are on hold. They announced that sportsman will run to completion today, but I am highly doubtful that this will be achieved. Due to rain delay and cool temperatures, I doubt we will be able to run to completion tonight. I will update when available. Forecast is looking poor for tomorrow. We may be here Monday.

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What kind of reporting is it when you don't mention your .002 package in round 2? Great job and probably the run of the weekend! Thanks for the reports.

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You missed Mike Saye's 0.001 package against Rampy in Super Stock Round 1? That's not too tacky either. Rampy missed a perfect run by 0.008 seconds and lost at both ends of the track (he broke out by 2).

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That was a wild first round. Lots of upsets. Two great runs by championship caliber drivers.

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And Fletcher went one-and-out in both Stock and Super Stock. Don't see that very often, and one of the losses was to Slate Cummings, who seems to be making a habit of beating up on Fletcher lately.

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Final session of pros is almost complete. Sportsmen coming out next. We are scheduled to run to completion or as long as the track permits. There is no rain in the forecast, but track temperature could be an issue.

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Well, the rain arrived early this morning and it looks like it will be here all day.

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The weather radar is very ugly - nothing severe, just lots of it.

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Sportsmen are done for the day. The rain has gone and track drying is underway. The plan is to get a round or two of pros in tonight. Tomorrow will start off at 9 am with sportsmen.

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Just when you think only the sportsmen get the sh!+ end of the stick look at the DRC "Done for the day" post.

They tried running TopFuel, nobody could get down the track so they gave it up half way but results of those side by side smokefests stand.

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Yep Saw it on ESPN2. Bob Vandergriff was arguing about his win light being on..... bbuuttt he crossed the center line big time.. DQ bro. lol

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Poor decision by NHRA, trying to give the diehard fans with Monday morning jobs and school something to see. Can't believe they'd let the runs stand, but hey, none of the DSR cars got screwed so all is ok, yea right. Don, John, and Connie take their toys home and NHRA folds like a circus tent. And while I'm on a negative rant it sure was nice when Summit sponsored DRC fully so we could get all the Divisionals, Nats, N.O.'s, etc. Clear and concise reporting of the day's racing activity, is that really too much to ask? Emails and phone calls to Summit all went unanswered when all this got hashed out on a couple of threads, guess that's what they think of my business.

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Good luck Dog!!!

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Pros are in the middle of round 1. Dad has the bye into finals. This will be his 4th National final round appearance.

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Good luck!!!

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Tell Jimmy "Good Luck"! Hasn't he won there a couple of times?

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No he has never won here. His National wins were Gainesville St. Louis and Memphis.

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good luck to the DOG

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Good luck!!!

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Tell your dad he did a good job. Congratulations ! !

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Congrats on the runner-up!!

Patsy & Larry

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Congrats Mr. Jimmy!

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Was pulling for you Jimmy. I remember that you lost an old friend there years ago. Congratulations.

Ron Ortiz

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Congrats Dog!!!

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Way to go dog!

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Good job Jimmie!